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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; The National Weather Service issued a variety of severe weather warnings Tuesday, including a tornado warning for Luzerne County.</p><p>But despite blackened skies and pounding rain that started about 8 p.m., the Luzerne County 911 center said no major damage or injuries were reported.</p><p>A 911 supervisor did note there was some minor flooding in areas where that commonly occurs.</p><p>And PPL was reporting power outages for a few hundred customers in the Wilkes-Barre area as of early last night.</p><p>The tornado warning was in effect between 8 and 8:30 p.m.</p><p>A severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Sugar Notch a few minutes before 8, according to the NWS report.</p><p>It was predicting the storm would move from Sugar Notch to the areas of Edwardsville, Luzerne, Wilkes-Barre and then finally Pittston.</p><p>A severe thunderstorm warning was also in effect for the Wyoming Valley.</p><p>The storms also knocked out power, and 296 customers were without electricity service as of 9:30 p.m., according to PPL&#8217;s online outage map.</p><p>Those without service seemed to be concentrated in the city of Wilkes-Barre.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Patrick Kernan</p><p>pkernan@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Patrick Kernan at 570-991-6119 or on Twitter @PatKernan</p></shirttailMeta></div>

911: No major damage reported after tornado warning in Luzerne County